Alonso 'tired' of F1 midfield

According to the Spanish press, Fernando Alonso is growing weary of life in
the Formula One midfield.
With every passing day, the signs are growing stronger that the Spaniard
will definitely leave Renault - perhaps at the end of this season - to...

According to the Spanish press, Fernando Alonso is growing weary of life in
the Formula One midfield.

With every passing day, the signs are growing stronger that the Spaniard
will definitely leave Renault - perhaps at the end of this season - to join
Ferrari.

In multiple press interviews now, the 27-year-old has spoken glowingly
about the famous team, and on Sunday said he was "excited" to hear that a
poll in an authoritative Italian newspaper showed that the country's fans
want him to occupy a red car in 2010.

On the other hand, Alonso is increasingly downbeat about his current mount,
the Enstone built R29, even after boss Flavio Briatore promised him an
improved package for Turkey and a race-winning car before the end of the
season.

Briatore, blaming traffic in Monaco, said: "I think today Fernando could
have easily competed with Ferrari and Red Bull, but not Brawn."

In the pages of Spain's El Mundo, Alonso responded: "I am not going to
spend the entire press conference responding to what Flavio has said or not
said.

"We are going to introduce new pieces in Turkey but I think everything
will stay more or less the same. It happened in Barcelona: everyone
promised the world and everything stayed the same," said Alonso.

In Diario AS, he was quoted as continuing: "I am still very motivated, but
I'm tired of being left behind."